, 1887-06-02


The guard house il surrounded 10y tents,
and it is carefully guarded. 1t Is long
building OF pine boards, with two rows nj
cells, and an aisle running through betweel
them The cells look like the bins OF gran
ary. They are about six feet square an,
have 10 windows. Their only furniture Is
mattress, which Is laid fiat upon the floor foi
the criminals to sleep upon. There are NJ
soldiers in it yet. but 1t will doubtless hav'
something to do before the drill Is over
Standing at the guard house, I took loD,
across DaDcock lake ut the mess house, ana
il, assure you, lively institution. A Ne,
York man operates it, and lie cooks all I'll,
meals here for the 5000 or more soldiers /
attendance upon the drill. He has a buiclin,
covering quarter of an acre OF ground, aiid
lying very near to the Washington nonu.
inent. Inc so''i rs have not as let com,
plnned Of his cook'rg. md the sme' Is ratho
slpstiziug as you pass the kitchen.
The drill takes place In the big dri'
grounds upon the white lot, and abou
twcntv acres of this are inclosed with higI
board fence. Around the edge of about onu-
halt or THIS circle grand sta..!s have beel
erected, and the spectators cGa look dow.
the drill in the sa,nc way that the old H.
mans looked down at the shows /, thc r,ii
scum. The coliseum, however, would hay'
seated just nine times as many people n
these grand stands, and 1t gives one SON
idea of the number of the Romans to til
that they required an amusement hall b.
enough 10 seat 10000 people. There Is an
pie room for the drill here, and many regl
ments can be exercised at the same time IL
these grounds.
| / called at the headquarters and took {
| look at the leading men connected with tn
! drill. Gen Augur looks like soldier II
is commandaut of the canp, and tail, fin,
looking fellow he is. Inough over 30 b,
moves around like one of the cadets, and hi
only sign Of age is in his hair and whiskers
which are now turning gray. He is Ne"
/ Yorker by birth, but has lived at Washing
;on for the last quarter Of n century. From
! 1868 to 1856 he was in command OF the lie
lenses OF Washington, but he is now on the
retired list and lie lives very nicely at h.
nome in Georgetown.
Gen. Ordway is A years of age, and he I've
gan his military life MS student at HarS aIt
! college. He was a member of the New Eng
land guards, and at lS was u first slieutei
ant in the Twenty fourth Massachuselt Is
! infantry, one of the tnree kil
gloved regiments Of Boston. He serve,
throughout the war in the armies of the Po
tomac and the James and he was present u
the final surrender at Appomattox. He roS'
from lieutenant to colonel during this time
and Mt the close of the war was made proves
marshal Of the state of Virginia. When hi
regiment was mustered ont he was male =
pligadier general and he was offered IA posi-
tion in the regular army. He declined thi
and went to live In Richmond. In 1876 b.,
moved to Washington, aid has been Target,
connected with militia matters here. He ha'
charge OF the last inaugural parade, and h
showed great ability in managing the 20,ON
men connected with it. ii, says he hopes {,
make the militia OF the ID S iiJ of Columii
the model militia of the country, ana he WA
probably succeed in doing So
FRANK f. CARPENrEE.